JUST OUTSIDE MANDEVILLE. REBECCA MORA POSTED ON WDSU DOT COM .. "WE NEED YOUR HELP! FOUND THIS POOR GOOSE AT OUR POND. CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF IT'S KIDS UP TO NO GOOD." YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE, SOMEONE SHOT THE GOOSE IN THE HEAD WITH A HOMEMADE DART. AS WDSU NORTH SHORE REPORTER FOUND.. THIS STORY REALLY WAS A WILD GOOSE CHASE. I saw this yesterday. They were over there and they come running to me every time to get the bread, and he had this dart in his head. SANDRA HEBERT FEEDS THE GEESE HERE IN GREENLEAVES EVERYDAY.. STUNNED WHEN SHE SAW THIS GOOSE SHOT IN THE HEAD .. THE VICTIM OF SOMEONE'S CRUELTY. That right there is just mean. Meanness, yeah, it brings tears to my eyes. I come out here everyday to feed these ducks and someone is cruel. Everyone stops for them in the crossing. Parents bring their children out here to pet them.. Well, to feed them. NICKNAMED D'ARTAGNAN.. THIS GOOSE IS ONE OF SCORES THAT LIVE IN AND AROUND THE PONDS AT GREENLEAVES. RESIDENTS.. HEARTSICK .. WHEN THEY SAW THE WOUNDED BIRD. I'm hoping a vet can come out, or someone who is skilled with working with these kinds of animals can come and try to take the dart out of its eye. SOUNDED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.. SO WE CALLED DR. JIMMY MAXWELL AT RIVERSIDE VETERINARY HOSPITAL. HE DROPPED WHAT HE WAS DOING AND CAME OUT TO TAKE A GANDER. With that thing in there it is going to get infected so we need to get it out of there. SADLY.. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME DR. MAXWELL HAD SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.. SOMETHING EXACTLY LIKE THIS. Six weeks ago, a friend of mine in another subdivision not far from here brought a duck with what looks like the exact same dart from like a blow gun, a blow dart. THAT DUCK WAS SAVED.. THE QUESTION NOW.. HOW TO SAVE DARTAGNAN. If you can get your hands on it, I can help that bird. That much I can promise you. A GROUP OF HEARTY YOUNG MEN WORKING IN THE AREA.. APPARENTLY SKILLED AT GOOSE WRANGLING.. CAME TO THE RESCUE. THEY SCOOPED UP DARTAGNAN.. GENTLY I MIGHT ADD.. AND WE ALL HEADED TO THE GOOSE EMERGENCY ROOM. You seem to have a way with him. Yeah, he's calm. I'm calm. Alright gang, let's see what we can do here. AND DOC MAXWELL.. TRUE TO HIS WORD.. DARTAGNAN WENT STRAIGHT TO THE O-R.. WITHIN MINUTES.. THE DART WAS REMOVED. There is your offender. It was close enough. An inch up and over and I don't think he'd have a chance at all. AND BY THE WAY.. DARTAGNAN.. AS IT TURNS OUT.. IS REALLY MILADY. AS FOR A CHARGES .. DOC MAXWELL JUST PUT IT ON HER BILL. ON YOUR SIDE ON THE NORTH SHORE, HEATH ALLEN WDSU NEWS. DR. MAXWELL SAYS HE'LL KEEP THE GOOSE OVER THE WEEKEND, TO ALLOW FOR HER RECOVERY. SHE'LL BE RETURNED TO THE GREENLEAVES POND ON MONDAY. STILL TO COME: A GANG ROUND-UP

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